After being dismissed for a duck in the first innings of the ongoing India vs Bangladesh Test in Chennai, Shubman Gill is back in style. The right-handed batsman scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the second innings of the Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
He was dismissed for eight bulk ducks Hasan Mahmud The first day of the test. However, the Punjab star made up for his failure brilliantly with an impressive knock of 119 runs. As in the first innings, Gill had to bat very early in the second Rohit Sharma it was only 5.
As Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) and Virat Kohli (17) also got off cheaply, it was up to Gill to bail the team out of trouble. And the young man was not disappointed. He and Rishabh pants scoring brilliant centuries to put India in the driver’s seat.
They shared a 167-run stand for the fourth wicket. Mehidi Hasan Miraz On 109 he dismissed Pant and broke the stand. On the other hand, Gill remained unbeaten on 119 runs as India declared their second innings at 287/4. His knock came off 176 balls and was studded with 10 fours and 4 sixes.
Shubman Gill joins the elite list:
A duck in the first innings and a brilliant century in the second innings helped Shubman Gill join the elite list. He became only the ninth Indian cricketer to score a duck in the first innings of a Test before scoring a century in the second innings. The first Indian player to achieve this feat was Madhav Apte.
Apte was a duck before scoring an unbeaten 163 against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1953. Gundappa Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkarand other adults did.
Among active Indian cricketers, only Virat Kohli and Gill hold the record of scoring a duck and a century in the same Test.
List of Indian players who have scored a duck and a century in the same Test:
- Madhav Apte
- Gundappa Vishwanath
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Mohammad Azhareddin
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Virat Kohli
- Shubman Gill
Today, Shubman Gill became the ninth Indian to score a duck and 100 in a Test match. The list contains the biggest names in Indian Test cricket.
Madhav Apte
GR Viswanath
Sunny Gavaskar
Dilip Vengsarkar
Mohd Azharuddin
Sachin Tendulkar
Shikhar Dhawan
Virat Kohli
Shubman Gill#IndvBan— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 21, 2024
Talking about the game, India set Bangladesh an incredible target of 515 runs. In reply, Bangladesh were 158/4 at the end of the third day’s play.
